Shining through the Rain
Dale Moore · February 22, 2026 · 11:00 AM service
Preaching from David's last words in 2 Samuel 23, Dale Moore uses the picture of clear shining after rain to teach that trouble and trials are used by God to draw us closer to Him and make us more like His Son. He traces the pattern of rain and trial through Scripture, from Adam's cursed ground to the storms faced by Job, the three Hebrew children, Elijah, and Joseph, showing that God brings blessing and a clearer view of Himself through hardship. He calls believers to cleanse themselves with the Word, confess sin specifically and sincerely, and carry a burden in prayer for others who are going through their own storms.
“Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.”